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From: The role of juvenile hormone in dominance behavior, reproduction and cuticular pheromone signaling in the caste-flexible epiponine wasp, Synoeca surinama

Figure 2

Ovarian development in young females. (A) Time course of ovarian maturation in young queenright (QR) and queenless (QL) females from two nests. The average of the longest two primary oocytes is indicated, so that each point represents an individual ovary. Dotted line indicates filamentous ovaries lacking measurable oocytes (<8% LME). (B) Typical ovaries of a newly emerged wasp (day 0) and those of older queenright and queenless females. Oocytes and trophocytes (“trph”) are indicated.

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Frontiers in Zoology

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